Improvement in cheese-vat fasteners



. angular slot or hole, e.

UNITED STATES SAMUEL P. HALLEOK, OF ORISKANY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHEESE-VAT FASTENERS.

Specification forming partvof Letters Patent No. 117,411, dated July 25,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL P. HALLECK, of Oriskany, in the county ofOneida and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedCheese-Vat Fastener; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part of this specication.

The object of this invention is to afford greater facility for tipping acheese-vat, and for securing it in a horizontal or other position. Tothis end it con sists in a novel fa stenin g for the vat, whereby it maybe locked in a horizontal position, or may, when desired, be changed orshifted into an inclined position.

In the accompanyin g drawin g, Figure 1 is a central longitudinalsection of a cheese-vat having my fastening applied. Fig. 2 is a frontview of the same, and Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of a part of thefastening.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A is the vat, which is of ordinary form, and is pivoted at its middle byan axle, B, across its bottom, to two standards, C O, and has at itsrear end two legs, a a., of a suitable length to reach the ground whenthe vat is in a horizontal position, and the said vat is provided at thefront with two other legs, b b, which only reach the ground when it isin an inclined position. D is a metal. plate projecting from the forwardportion of the upper side of which is a flange, c, from which there eX-tend to the front of the plate other flanges, l d. In the portion of theplate bounded by said iianges, extending transversely across the plate,is a rect- This plate is secured by screws to the bottom of the vat,with the ange o bearing against the front thereof, and it has formed onits under side a case or shell, f, for the reception of a bolt, E, andsome distance in rear of said case is a lug, g, through which the rearend of the bolt passes. This bolt E has formed on its forward portion alooplike handle, h, which projects beyond the plate D, so as to providefor the easy manipulation of the bolt. At the rear end of the bolt is atail-like piece, fi, which passes through a hole or bearing in the lugg, and

is encircled by a spiral spring, I, thatbears against a shoulder formedat thejunction of said tail-piece with the body ofthe bolt and againstthe said lug g, and forces the bolt outward. Fis a narrow iiat swingingstandard, which is pivoted to bear ings G G immediately under theforward portion of the bolt E and plate D. This standard has arectanguiar hole or slot, j, formed in it for the reception of the bolt E, andits upper end extends up through the hole e in the plate D. When the vatis in a horizontal position the bolt E, projecting through the hole j inthe standard F, supports the forward portion of the vat, the standardbeing inthe mean time prevented from swinging out beyond the bolt, andthereby letting the vat drop, by projecting through the hole c in tneplate D. Vhen desirable to incline the vat the bolt is pressed back bymeans of its handle so as to remove it from the swinging standard F. Thevat may then be tipp ed up or inclined, the plate D sliding down on thestandard F, which swings toward the vat to adjust itself to the lattersswinging or tipping. When in this inclined position the front plate ofthe vat is supported by the short legs b b.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination of the slotted plate D, bolt E, spring I, and slottedswinging standard F, the whole constructed and operating substantiallyas and for the purpose herein set forth.

SAMUEL P. HALLEGK. Witnesses D. WooDwARD, A. H. HALLEGK.

